Mu (kana)

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The hiragana む.

The katakana ム.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

む, in hiragana, or ム in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is made in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both are pronounced (IPA) [mɯ].

Also note that, as in the other -u kana, the 'u' sound is very subtle; unless well-articulated, this kana sounds fairly close to 'm' alone.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal m- (ま行 ma-gyō)	mu	む	ム
	muu mū	むう, むぅ むー	ムウ, ムゥ ムー

Other addtional forms
Form (mw-) mwa むぁ ムァ mwi むぃ ムィ (mwu) (むぅ) (ムゥ) mwe むぇ ムェ mwo むぉ ムォ